I cannot believe the amount of work that must have gone into the making of this video. You may have to click the "keep reading" to see it. No lip-synching, either. What's really weird is that as I was posting this, U2's version came up on the 'pod. Karma,...

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...which came with the subject line: "Hiya, Mud-Colored" Hmmmmph! And I thought I had a fairly nice tan going this year, too. MUD-colored???? Anyway, it was the usual Russian Viagra/Texas Hold'em Poker spam, except for the little blurb at the bottom....

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Awkward moments abound in penis pump trial BRISTOW, Okla. - Serving on the jury in an indecent-exposure trial unfolding in this conservative Oklahoma town has been a giggle-inducing experience. ADVERTISEMENT Former Judge Donald D. Thompson, a veteran...

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Terry in Chicago, who I've been reading since he was just a wee weekly email list on Topica.com (wasn't that the name of it? Topica?), has a Particularly Good Rant up on the Flag-burning amendment, which missed by one vote being sent to the states for...

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Symptoms of Paranoia: Symptoms of paranoia and paranoid disorders include intense and irrational mistrust or suspicion, which can bring on sense of rage, hatred, and betrayal. Some people suffering from paranoid personality may have a high capacity to...

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And then there is this video, which I saw last night linked from SOMEwhere--but don't remember where. Anyway, I am more jealous of this guy than just about anyone ever. Not for his dancing ability, but for being able to go to all of these places. Please...

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This is, without the slightest shadow of a doubt, the most surreal video I have ever seen. Shiny glowing dead people coming out of the ocean to wake you up. And I complain about the alarm clock???? I may never buy Folger's again. If the video won't play...

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What an absolutely sweet, romantic story! Article: News - Benchmark of love "If you're not gonna propose in Paris, you've got to do it in style," Robichaux said. He jotted down a few lines to mark his elaborate engagement scheme: A bench will be stolen,...

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What a photogenic lady! CNN.com - 'Darwin's tortoise' dies, age 176 - Jun 24, 2006 SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- A 176-year-old tortoise, believed by some to have been owned by Charles Darwin, has died in an Australian zoo. The giant tortoise, known as Harriet,...

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Josiah Strong from "Our Country" in 1885, on the subject of American Expansionism and Imperialism... Then this race of unequaled energy, with all the majesty of numbers and the might of wealth behind it--the representative, let us hope, of the largest...

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